This is the one sport where the clean runs are actually more impressive than the wipe-outs.

I never thought you could have a truly redneck sport with 4 wheeled vehicles that don’t have any engines, but I was so, sooo wrong.

Shipping costs, import taxes, language barriers, shipping lead time, time zone communication issues, etc. There are actually many advantages to domestic manufacturing if you can do away with the pesky problem of labor cost.

It will reach equilibrium and shipping costs will dictate everything. As wages increase in China and they begin to automate, it will be a level playing field and you’ll find that stuff bought in america gets made in america, stuff bought in china gets made in china etc.

That’s already starting to happen some, but it…

Actually, no. QT2D-7 was shipped to New Delhi because it is capital and can travel unrestricted. Humans, OTOH...

Downward wage pressure continues, despite low unemployment, because the competition is not the next guy, it is automation, and overseas labor. So productivity increases will continue to flow to owners, and income stratification will only get worse.

From my experience most NASCAR fans are tatooed, foul mouthed drunks, and their husbands.

Well, he did say “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this century is out, of creating a social platform by which people of our great nation can freely express their ideas and limiting them safely to 140 characters or less.”

I think you’ve really hit the nail on the head there. I’d also probably toss in atheism as well. Not as in atheism itself, but more like those who get into Richard Dawkins rather than Ayn Rand. I’ve know a few people who fit your description who fell full tilt into that particular flavor of feeling superior and…

I think there is a certain personality type of fairly intelligent and perceptive person who goes through a phase in their life lasting maybe a decade, from about age 15 to age 25 or so, in which they realize that many people and many institutions of society are hypocritical and corrupt. But instead of continuing a…

“We treat our employees well and many of them stick around, if they can handle it.”

I don’t find it that hostile. He is straight to the point. Have you tried to sell anything on craigslist lately? Tons of clowns. Especially when selling a sports bike or Honda. ugh.

All currencies are a construct of human perception. The value of gold, paper money, this lint I have in my pocket, it’s all relative in value to what we can (for the most part) agree on. Bitcoin is no different. Its more abstract and newer therefore harder to establish consistency and uniformily agreed upon value… I…

Yup. When you’re grown you don’t do stupid sh*t... unless you choose to.

Carry ons are a big part of the problem (boarding and exiting). I’ve been travelling by plane for over 40 years now and the as the amount of s&*t people carry goes up the process for getting on and off gets slower and uglier. I know margins are tight, but for the love of all that is holy airlines please allow people…

As a person who votes against their own self-interest routinely, this article makes me irrationally angry. The liberal media (any news outlet who uses cogent reasoning to disprove a white American’s misplaced anger) was never this harsh to Obama. You are still upset about Hillary’s loss. Excuse me while I finish…

He’s trying to drive a wedge between Germany and the US, because that’s what Putin wants.

I agree, this imbalance needs to stop. We need cars designed and built in America, like the Ford Focus, Buick Cascada or the Chevrolet SS.

Silver lining: The missing-the-joke response gifs are really bringing it.

Used Lotus Evora.